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    Mini-DVDs on the MBP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by izzygood02, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. izzygood02

    izzygood02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I haven't been able to find anywhere about how mini-dvds would work with the slot loading drive, a friend of mine has one and was not able to get them to load. There are a lot of them out there (camcorders, hardware drivers, etc) and it would be a shame if they wouldn't load with the drive configuration.
     
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    iwantamac Notebook Evangelist

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    It doesn't. Plain and simple.
     
    iwantamac, Oct 31, 2007
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    Rawjamaican Notebook Consultant

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    But you could copy them to full-size DVD's.
     
    Rawjamaican, Oct 31, 2007
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    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    It won't work. It only works on tray loading devices. Don't even attempt it, because you'll get it stuck.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Oct 31, 2007
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    izzygood02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks all, go fig, I will have to use the wife's lappy if I need to take care of those DVDs, good thing I don't have that type of camcorder...!
     
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    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I think I remember seeing a kind of converter for mini dvds to work in something that takes standard dvds. It was a long time ago and it looked like a regular dvd, but had a place in it to drop in a mini-dvd. I think I saw at Staples when I was buying printer paper or something. I'm really not sure on this.
     
    jin07, Oct 31, 2007
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